Persistence and Honesty

On this blog, I want to be able to be honest with you. I don't want to have to post another post after my last one about how "happy I am now" or "life is all unicorns and rainbows". The truth is sometimes life is hard. My life right now is hard, but not impossible.

The other day in Human Relations we did an activity where we got into groups and wrote some words on paper plates. The words where supposed to represent things we wanted to work on by this coming December. Words and sayings like "exercise more", "have more confidence", "complain less","be less hard on myself", "be more trusting" and "poise" and many others were all lined up in rows. Our teacher told us to go around and pick three plates that we wanted to commit to working on. I ended up picking persistence, honesty, and one of my own--be continuously joyful. Now the plates are taped above my bed so I can see them all the time. I picked them because I need to be able to be honest with my friends, persistence when I study and continuously joyful the way God intended.

"I have said these things so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete."
Mark 15:11

I Wanna Go Home

I wanna go home.


Today is one of those days when I just feel like giving up. I have theses things to do, but I don't want to do them. I don't really care. I just want to go home.

I was doing fine until last night, but after awhile you just miss the safety and familiarity of your home. You don't want to stay here, you want to go home.

Kendra got my PACKAGE!!!!!

http://www.ismikendra.org/2013/09/package.html

 

 

I'M SO EXCITED! KENDRA GOT MY PACKAGE!

 

Sometime during August my friend Lauren and I sent a package from Simpsonville Kentucky to Abeche Chad. Who would've thought that could happen? Someone asked me how it got to her and all I could say was :"God". Because it was a MIRACLE that it got right to her pretty fast!!! :D We included letters, pictures, shampoo, and some um that apparently melted. It's the thought that counts though, right? Go to the link at the top of this post to read her side of the story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Busy

All of a sudden, I'm really busy. I mean, I knew it was going to happen, but still, it crept up on me.
I have the first hall council meeting tonight (a group of people in a hall who get together with the common goal of making Gilbert a fun and great place to live...I signed up for it spontaneously) and freshman family groups afterwards, where I am going to  also sign up for a Dgroup and probably the welcome retreat. Before all that though, I need to go to one more class, finish my math homework, run, shower, go to yoga, and not forget to eat. The thing is, I'm not even involved in many things yet. Oh well. We shall see how it goes.

OH! Wait! Good news--I got a 92 on my first math test! YES! Score! :)

Sounds of the Night

The train.

The garbage collectors.

The chirping in the trees.

The people.

The lawn mowing and weed eating.

The sirens.

The cricket in the wall.

The Sorority that practices chants in the parking garage.

The car alarms.


All at ridiculous hours of the night and morning....

I Can't Get Away, Can't Get Away

I can't get away, can't get away

Can't get away, can't get away

I can't get away, can't get away

 

I am a beggar, You are the table
I am so helpless, God, you are so able
And when I get turned around, You change my direction
You're so perfect, I'm so broken,

Here You come with arms wide open,
Chasing after me down every road,
You're always waiting there,

 

I can't get away, can't get away

Can't get away, can't get away

I can't get away, can't get away

 

  Even when I close my eyes, I can't help but see

There's no place that I can hide, You're such a part of me
I can't get away cause I keep running into You
I can't get away...

 

I can't get away, can't get away

Can't get away, can't get away

I can't get away, can't get away

 

 

No matter where I am, I can never, ever get away. God is a God that pursues us with His passionate love. I can't ever get away. And I couldn't be happier.

 

Centering Your Qi

 

Centering your Qi

(aka "Chi" pronounced Chee)

 

Today was the first Saturday I go to go to yoga with one of my friends. That hour of  focusing on breathing and doing moves was SO relaxing. A normally very tense person, I now feel loose and awake (the awake part might be because we went to Starbucks afterwards).

 

Your Qi is described as your body's natural energy or life force. Now whether or not you put stock into that theory, yoga can at least strengthen your muscles, help you balance and relax your mind and body.

 

 

I think this will become one of my new habits.

 

 

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